Made in Russia: Tiger Tank Replica

[imalko]

Found out about this just today, so I thought to share...
Fully functional replica of German WW2 tank PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E has been made in Russia. Reportedly it is to be used in filming the motion picture titled "The White Tiger" directed Karen Shakhnazarov. Here's the link where you can see a lot of pictures of manufacturing process. There's a short text in Russian, but I believe that pictures speak pretty much for themselves.

МакеÑ'Ñ‹ / Танк "Тигр I"

 

[imalko]

Here's also a You Tube clip of first test drive:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQmnWwkT1x0

 

[Airframes]

Excellent! the previously converted T34s looked pretty good, but this really looks the part. Nice find Igor.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

That's a stout piece of machinery!

 

[javlin]

That is cool!It looks like they cut the transmission or gearbox off of something else for the front sprocket.

 

[RabidAlien]

*drool* My Christmas list just keeps getting longer. But practical, too....morning rush-hour traffic? Not anymore! Cut me off on the road? HE locked and loaded! Road rage? I never notice any.

 

[Crimea_River]

Neat!

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's just so fricken awesome!

 

[A4K]

Great find Igor!

A Hungarian guy made a working 1:1 replica too (also a Panther!) which he regularly shows army displays. Both have had to have their chassis exchanged for modified T-34 items unfortunately, the originals couldn't take the weight apparently.

 

[Shinpachi]

Wow! I love such iron work too.
Thanks for sharing, imalko.

 

[Gnomey]

Very cool!

 

[mikewint]

Very cool, nice find, wonder how true-to-life? The originals were not very mechanically reliable and the clone does not need all that armour

 

[tyrodtom]

That thing can't weigh but a fraction of what a real Tiger would have. That turret steel looks like only about 1/4 or 6-7mm, if it was thicker, it wouldn't need that steel tube inner structure. A real Tiger was over 100mm thick in some places in the turret armor.

 

[Airframes]

Just needs to look the part, and act the part, for the movie. I think it'll certainly do that. If mixed with very large-scale models in some shots, the effect (on the screen) should be exceptional. Here's a pic of a couple of large R/C models used in other productions.

 

[tyrodtom]

I wasn't trying to put them down, they're probably pretty peppy.
Just the thing for a paintball battle.

 

[Wayne Little]

EXCELLENT!

 

[ccheese]

Really neat. Nice find...

Charles

 

[mikewint]

Now that's what I call making models. And I thought my 1/16 Tiger was big

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

...And I thought my 1/16 Tiger was big